Light in the end of a tunnel

Slasher flicks are always a guilt-ridden pleasure for numerous flick enthusiasts.  Sure, they won’t gather censors’ votes.  They won’t get A+ ratings from the movie media.  They won’t as well acquire C scores from home-grown internet experts.  Hacker flicks will forever be scream-filled narratives with meaningless outlines.

But during the times, these slasher flicks have imprinted – excuse the clever remark – a niche of their own.

A large portion of the victory of these slasher movies can be credited to the Friday the 13th series and its 15 incarnations.  Friday the 13th is a chain of movies that was lead by a hockey mask-wearing psycho killer named Jason Voorhees.  So famous is this series that it has become a core of pop society, being mentioned in many media outlets for a good part of the newly completed century.

In 2009, a reboot of the program will be presented for the film going public to live through.  Once again, fans of slasher films and persons who are neophyte to the genre will get to encounter the father of slasher-themed flicks, this time recreated for the new generation.

Right, Jason Voorhees is going to make a return!

This time, he won’t be battling another film monster icon.  He won’t be in outer space, freed from years of cryogenic trance.  He won’t be warding off the opposition of a woman telepath.

Instead, we will behold, or re-witness, the birth of a serial predator.  We will discover the story that yielded a horror like Jason Voorhees.  We will witness him threaten the unfortunate travelers experiencing the hot waters of Camp Crystal Lake.

It’s 2009 and it’s time for a new Friday the 13th!

The restore is done by Marcus Nispel, who also did the remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  The flick will star Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees, with Jared Padalecki and Amanda Righetti portraying the male and female mains, correspondingly.

The flick will be released on a Friday the 13th, specifically February 13, 2009.